Regional/State

The “Bike MS: Bike the Bluegrass” event, hosted by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, is returning to Central Kentucky on Saturday and Sunday June 2-3. St. Catharine College will host the event, which helps raise money to fight MS, for the second-consecutive year, and routes will run through five counties, but primarily Washington and Marion counties.

Last year was a success at St. Catharine, raising $175,000 according to MS Society Development Coordinator Mary Carabella.

For the second year in a row, Washington County has been ranked as one of the top 10 healthiest counties in Kentucky.

The data is compiled into the County Health Rankings, which, according to their website, “measure the health of nearly all counties in the nation and rank them within states.”

“The rankings are compiled using county-level measures from a variety of national and state data sources. These measures are standardized and combined using scientifically-informed weights,” according to the website.

An indictment in Washington County earlier this year had serious implications for a man in Knox County, Tenn.

Burton Webb, listed on the indictment as residing in Athens, Tenn., was charged with theft by failure to make required disposition of property over $10,000.
According to the Knoxville News-Sentinel in Knoxville, Tenn., Webb was recently appointed as the Knox County Finance Director.
After Webb’s indictment was discovered, he was fired from the position.

On the morning of March 30, the 32-year-old American Saddlebred Champion Harlem Globetrotter passed away.

That morning, Harlem was led to his exercise paddock by Jesus Gonzalez, his long-time friend and caretaker of 30 years.
As was his daily routine, the black stallion trotted to his favorite spot, rolled onto the soft ground scratching his back and there he died peacefully.
At the age of two, “Harlem” arrived at Kalarama Farm after being purchased by Paul Hamilton.